Quote from R3DMAN :

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Does anyone know of a server which does 4-6 laps on the smaller tracks with the medium cars?

I had a server providing small tracks, street cars, and short races up and running for some weeks, I don't think anyone else than me was joining, so I shut it down..

I have started it again now, "Twisty tracks - street", is the name.

01.02.34

<-- Starting to get old, eh?

Quote from 91mason91 :

scawen i noticed that everytime with Z15 no matter how many reinstalls i do when i press shift+f4 to get out of windowd mode and to go back in it again i have to re calibrate my wheel.

WHy has this happened?
example:

Playing lfs fine
shift+F4
Talk on msn or go on internet.
Back to lfs and press shift+f4 again
Wheel isnt calibrated right?

This happens everytime i repeat this process.

I had a problem similar like that when I had the wheel connected to a USB-hub integrated in my screen. Seemed like the USB-hub was restarted when the screen changed resolution...

Quote from Cherry :

It seems to me quite clearly, that LFS community divides into two:

1)People, who moan to get VWS

2)People, who want moaners STFU

Classify me into the second group.

I think there are one more group...

3) People, who want progress

When I payed for my S2 License back in 2003 I was pretty sure that S2 would be released at least in 2005..
Now, in 2009 I feel the progress has been very slow, and 2 months "off duty" while moving house and fixing the internet connection isn't making that feeling any better... (of course, being your own boss and having the possebillity to do so would have been great )

And before anyone says anything about no promises in the agreement - I know, I know..

Quote from The Radness :

If your wheels lock with "smaller" brakes, "bigger" brakes wouldn't solve the locking issue. Right?

(And the 100m should be 100 feet, its corrected in this thread... (approx 33 meters))

Quote from STF :

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I was on asphalt+sand, speed 20-30km/h, and used very little brake pressure but the ABS still engaged.
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That is the difference between old ABS systems and newer ones..
On old systems you stop pressing the pedal because you feel the ABS working and it feels like the car is "floating" when the ABS engages.
This does not give you max brake effect. If you continue to press the pedal harder you will get more brake effect. (giving more brake pressure to the rear wheels and/or the wheels with better traction than the one(s) blocking).

On newer systems there is something called "pannic assistant" (if I remember the correct English word) that automatically gives you max brake effect when the ABS engages.

Quote from Lible :

Google is your friend.

Go to www.google.com. Enter into the box 'Net Framework 3.5'. Press 'I'm Feeling Lucky'. Tada.

Google is my friend And i even did post the result here (but I didn't use google for the .net 3.5 download link).

As far as I can tell there has been a lot of "error reports" about .net 3.5 in this thread and no info where to get it...

btw: Most developers looks at their users as "customers" and not "Some dumb f...s"...

This thread (that is presenting your software to the LFS comunity) does NOT reference your page. You do not have a signature with a link, just a lot of "angry" posts saying something about a Framework. Not even a link to where the Framework can be found.

Instead of "angry" posts about a (for some people, unknown) Framework, why not just add the link or info??

(BTW, This is a super piece of software, the only way I am playing LFS for the moment is offline with LFS TWEAK :-))

"Nice" answer, mr. Hiroshima...

Actually the usage of the .net Framework 3.5 not documented in the first post in this thread, and not in the lfs-database articles.

The only reference to .net 3.5 is some "angry" posts about it here and under the discussion threads at lfs-database.

For someone not used to install ekstra undocumented "addons" the errormessages from the app is not very good.

To answer Bubba's question:
.net Framework is a Microsoft framework with commands and utils that independent developpers can use.

.net can be downloaded from Microsoft.com:
http://www.microsoft.com/downl ... 7d32a6&DisplayLang=en

Must have been playing since summer '02, Think I still has the CD with my first Demo version somewhere.
My License story:
19 May 2003 creditcard £ 12
18 Dec 2003 creditcard £ 12

Hey my S1 account has soon a 5 year celebration, and my S2 license is also having a 5 year "party" later this year ...

Quote from aLpine159 :

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much harder than just gripping
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Can you in any way prove that statment?

Not bashing drifting here, its just another type of car control, and I can't see why a subjective form of motorsport should be harder (or easyer) than "ordinary" racing when thinking about top level racers/drifters.

Quote from Glenn67 :

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I think the behaviour on corner exit in LFS seems right but not so sure on corner entry (for drifting) Do you think it is too easy in LFS to enter drifts at the moment?

Hmm one possible reason I could think of that would fit these symptoms is the known issues with low speed grip could this also be a factor in transients? As entering a drift has alot more transient behaviour than normal racing line.

I think it seems especially too easy to drift the low powered cars in LFS when compared to similar cars to RL. I'd value your opinion on this kamkorPL

For corner entrance I think there is two factors making that easier in LFS than IRL:

* The "fear factor", in LFS you can do anything without fear.
* Repair cost, in LFS you just press "space bar" after hitting a wall inn 80 km/h, In real life you will need a month of repairs and lots of money to fix the car... (and giving you the time to practice instead of fixing the car )

My FPS, are mostly based Offline with 5-8 AI's.
Got myself a G25 this January, and need some practice before entering Online game-play again :-)... Never bothered with hooking up my old wheel at my laptop, and my old Gaming PC was moved to a room without internet cable, so it has been switched off for the past years.

I am running LFS at approx 50 fps at my Dell Latitude D820 at 1680x1050..
When using max resolution 1920x1200, I am only getting 20-ish FPS.

I have been playing LFS on Laptops for quite some years, and its working "OK". Dont expect running lots of AA and high resolution, and you will be fine :-)

CPU:Intel Core2 2,16 Ghz
GFX: NVIDIA Quadro NVS110M
Vista X64
4GB Ram

Last edited by SniperX, Mon 4 Feb 2008, 09:53. Reason : adding Laptop Specs

Quote from mrodgers :

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With a decent clutch (not worn out), there is nothing that will allow it to slip other than you depressing your clutch pedal some and allowing the clutch to start to disengage.

That is the condition for a standard car with a standard clutch.. For tuned cars with standard clutch you might reach a point where the engine is stronger than the clutch...

Most of us doesn't have any experience with race cars like V8 supercars or formula cars, including me.

But I do have experience with cars with manual gearbox that could be looked upon as XF, XR or RB4.
A simple test to check if the clutch is worn is to keep the engine at 3k rpm, and "drop" the clutch (and floor the pedal) in 3. gear. If the clutch is worn you have the same effect as in LFS, a good clutch will stall the engine.
In the XR you cant even get wheelspinn in a stright line without overheating. Don't tell me that a burnout isn't possible in a road car.

To me, the clutch in LFS now seems to be like a really worn out clutch..

Maybe the heat is correct (should be easy to calculate, power loss=heat) but the effect must be wrong..

There should maybe be a "green" part of the temprature gauge that doesn't affect slip.

I have driven manual cars since '88 and never ever noticed any problems like this except with really worn out clutches..

There was a topic I never saw anyone comment in the W9 thread:

Quote from Lotsipxes :

I don't think the intake restriction is quite right at the moment. When you have a restrictor plate, the engine has about the same horsepower at low revs. But at high revs, the engine "run out of air" and looses horsepower.

I did a very unscientific test and it felt like the intake restriction was a linear scaling over the power band.

But maybe this will be implemented later.

(http://www.lfsforum.net/showthread.php?t=22757&page=4, middle of the page)

Never tried air restrictions irl, but I think Lotsipxes has a point there.

Any comments? (from people that has tried this irl?)

I would be interested in weights/power restrictions for making a large GT Class:
FXO, RB4, XRT
and some penalized cars:
FZ5, RAC, LX4

Here you will cover almost all car-configs :-)

And maybe fox/mrt but in real life you never will see those together with the GT class on a "public" track.

If you don't know what a host file is then I recomend you just to wait until DNS is updated...

"Gazzz is spelled with 3 Z's" if i remember correctly

Is there some kind of official statement about this new system /this case?

Quote from george_tsiros :

fck sht those characters are AWESOME

Ah, good... Getting worried that I was the only one here liking that kind of humor

Quote from Don :

sethro
tho i think i just saw only 1 movie by him, from s1.
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Think I still have that movie stored on my harddrive..
Thats a classic!.
Other than that, I would say Joecool :-)
(but then, I am not updated on today's moviemakers)